Before CPR there was... blowing tobacco smoke up the bum. One of the recommended procedures for resuscitating "persons apparently dead from drowning", from a 1787 booklet by the Humane Society. More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/humane-society/
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puttputtgandalf ♾ (birdsrcool@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 01:40:57 JST puttputtgandalf ♾ @publicdomainrev okay but someone tried this and it apparently worked at least once
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Solitha (solitha@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 13:02:38 JST Solitha @eclectech I feel like some people involved in this really needed emotional support chickens afterwards.
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